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		<title>Song Dong &#8211; &#8220;Waste Not&#8221;</title>
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This looks amazing &#8211; Chinese artist Song Dong presents &#8220;Waste Not&#8221;, his &#8220;labrinthine&#8221; life-as-art installation that pays homage to the power of things. For 40 years, his mother stockpiled shoes to bottle caps, empty toothpaste tubes and birdcages all in their small house in Bejing. When her husband died unexpectedly, the stockpiling turned into more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Store Front</title>
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Married authors and photographers James and Karla Murray&#8217;s book STORE FRONT &#8220;provides an irreplaceable window to the rich cultural experience of New York City as seen through its neighborhood shops.&#8221; It&#8217;s a New York that&#8217;s quickly disappearing, and provides such an intimate look at some of the places that sustained this very busy city. Via [...]]]></description>
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		<title>f2 Images</title>
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I stumbled upon the work of f2 Images while doing my regular Etsy searches. Their imagery, available for purchase &#8211; is decidedly feminine with a touch of eery. Great for that little spot in your house that just needs SOMEthing. The image above felt like Summer.
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		<title>Grow House Grow</title>
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Brooklyn based Grow House Grow specializes in hand printed wallpaper with a narrative twist. Each collection features an array of wallpapers inspired by stories of murdered frontier women to bunnies in the back yard. They&#8217;re currently featured in this year&#8217;s Brooklyn Designs, going on this weekend.
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		<title>Interview: Vanessa Bertozzi</title>
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I&#8217;m very excited to publish our first Melon Made Interview with a dear friend and inspiring creative force, Vanessa Bertozzi. Editor of the Etsy.com blog, filmmaker and world traveler, she gives us a little peak into the world that is Etsy and what it means to live handmade.
Tell us a little about yourself, and what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pearson Maron</title>
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Pearson Maron&#8217;s creations are made by a married couple in SoCal. Their whimsical sculptures and pins bring a little bit of the unexplained to your life. I have a few favorite creations.
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		<title>Horne</title>
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Beautiful and unique items for the casa from Horne. Also, check out the casa of the folks behind Horne, featured on Design Sponge &#8211; beautiful.
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		<title>Greenware Design</title>
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Bring a little spring indoors. &#8220;Greenware Design is a two woman team that combines the talents of two longtime friends, Irene McCollam  and Leslie Geer. Irene, the potter, creates original ceramics on her pottery wheel. Leslie, the planter, fills them up with unique succulent plantings.&#8221; Kudos to Etsy for featuring them.
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		<title>AJ Fosik</title>
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AJ Fosik&#8217;s updated take on folk art is both poppy and unpredictable. Plus, check out his amazing collection of vintage beer sweaters &#8211; originally how I found out about him.
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		<title>Sugar</title>
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The boo and I won tickets (God bless WNYC) to see a screening of the new film, Sugar hitting theaters in NYC and LA on April 3rd. Directed by Anna Boden &#38; Ryan Fleck (the duo behind Half Nelson) this is not your typical baseball epic. Following the life of Miguel &#8220;Sugar&#8221; Santos as he [...]]]></description>
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